CableLabs has joined the prpl Foundation to collaborate on implementing seamless Wi-Fi connectivity for mobile devices. The prpl Foundation is an open source community focused on carrier-grade software for broadband customer premises equipment as specified by operator members. The foundation…
CableLabs Mobile Wi-Fi aims to improve wireless device connectivity by using a new method to shift connectivity from one Wi-Fi access point to another and from Wi-Fi to cellular. Although the technology is not yet available to end users, it’s…
Boingo Wireless has become the first Telecom Infra Project (TIP) participant to adopt the TIP OpenWiFi open source approach to Wi-Fi 6E deployments. TIP OpenWiFi is an open source Wi-Fi architecture that enables multi-vendor and interoperable Wi-Fi networks. The Boingo implementation…
Verizon is leveraging new Wi-Fi tech to help with controlling and securing home environments both physically and digitally. Two new apps, Home Awareness and Device ID, are offered to Fios customers at no additional charge. Home Awareness uses patented sensing…
T-Mobile for Business customers now have access to Secure Wi-Fi, a virtual private network (VPN)-based mobile app that the carrier says goes beyond basic security with capabilities aimed at improving end users’ experience. The “set and forget” app is part of the carrier’s Coverage Beyond….
Comcast announced a new multi-gigabit broadband strategy today, with faster download and upload speeds launching in several markets, with accompanying gigabit-capable Wi-Fi service. Comcast calls this the nation’s largest multi-gigabit network expansion, with 50 million homes being targeted by the…
August 23, 2022 – HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Adtran®, Inc., (NASDAQ: ADTN), the leading provider of next-generation multi-gigabit fiber access and fiber extension solutions, today announced that Michigan Broadband Services is leveraging a combination of Adtran’s market-leading technologies to deliver and…
August 16, 2022 — SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced the launch of the GigaPro™ u6he, expanding the world’s most comprehensive portfolio of carrier-class Wi-Fi 6E systems for the Calix Revenue EDGE™ platform. A temperature-hardened outdoor Wi-Fi 6E system,…
Lenexa, KS & Centennial, CO – July 20, 2022 – Evolution Digital and the National Cable Television Cooperative, Inc., (“NCTC”) today announced a new multi-year agreement that will continue to make Evolution Digital’s robust suite of broadband and Android TV products available…
Charter has introduced Security Shield, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based cybersecurity product for its Spectrum Advanced WiFi customers. Security Shield, which is available across the service provider’s 41-state footprint, is designed to protect users against security threats and to provide “enhanced…
SAN JOSE, CA—June 30, 2022—Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that AcenTek is using energy-efficient Calix end-to-end platforms to reduce network power consumption 73 percent while saving subscribers 50 percent on home Wi-Fi network energy usage. A Calix customer since 2005,…
Consolidated Communications now can deliver symmetrical 2 Gbps service across its Fidium Fiber footprint. The company also now includes WiFi 6 in all its broadband packages. Fidium Fiber, which is available in parts of California, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire,…
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